Being Around Children Makes Adults More Generous, Study Suggests

Source: Science Daily - Top HealthAdults are more compassionate and up to twice as likely to donate to charity when children are present, according to a new study. The research, conducted by British social psychologists, examined how the presence of children influences adults' compassionate motivations and behaviors. In a field investigation, for example, adult passersby on a shopping street were more likely to donate to charity when children were salient.